Exhibit 99
STOCK CERTIFICATE OF GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
The certificate is printed on off-white paper. Verbiage is in
black ink. Borders, name block and overprint of description
"CERTIFICATE OF STOCK" are in blue ink. The GPK Number counter
is displayed on the left border, and the Share counter is displayed
on the right border, along with the corporate seal. A vignette,
depicting the world and approximately twenty people, is centered
near the top of the front page.
TEXT - FRONT PAGE
Incorporated under [Vignette] COMMON STOCK
the laws of the PAR VALUE $.01
state of Colorado
This certificate is CUSIP 388690 10 9
transferable in
Minneapolis, See reverse for
Minnesota and New certain definitions
York, New York and limitations
GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
This certifies that
is the owner of
FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK OF
Graphic Packaging International Corporation transferable on the
books of the Corporation by the holder thereof in person or by
his duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this Certificate
properly endorsed. This Certificate is not valid until counter-
signed by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar.
Witness the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile
signatures of its duly authorized officers.
Dated:
/s/Jeffrey H. Coors Countersigned and Registered:
Chairman and President Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, NA
Transfer Agent and Registrar,
/s/Jill B. W. Sisson By
General Counsel and Secretary
Authorized Signature.
TEXT - BACK PAGE
GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
The Corporation will furnish without charge to each shareholder
who so requests a full statement of the designation, preferences,
limitations and relative rights of each class of stock or series
thereof of the Corporation and the variations in the relative
rights and preferences between the shares of any series of
preferred stock, so far as the same have been fixed and
determined, and the authority of the board of directors to fix
and determine the relative rights and preferences of any series
of preferred stock. Such requests may be made to the Corporation
or to the transfer agent.
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the
face of this certificate, shall be construed as thought they were
written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT --
TEN ENT - as tenants by the ________ Custodian ________
entireties (Cust) (Minor)
JT TEN - as joint tenants under Uniform Gifts to
with right of Minors Act ________________
survivorship and not (State)
as tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above
list.
For Value Received _______________________________________ hereby
sell, assign and transfer unto___________________________________
Please Insert Social
Security or Other Tax
Identifying Number of
Assignee
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address,
Including Postal Zip Code of Assignee
_________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________ Shares
of the Common Stock represented by the within Certificate and do
hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
________________________________________________________ Attorney
to transfer the said shares on the books of the within-named
Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated, ____________________________
NOTICE:
The signature(s) to X_____________________________
this assignment must (Signature)
correspond with the name(s)
as written upon the face
of the certificate in X_____________________________
every particular without (Signature)
alteration or enlargement
or any change whatever.
This certificate The signatures(s) should be
also evidences and entitles guaranteed by an eligible
the holder hereof to certain guarantor institution (banks,
Rights as set forth in the stockbrokers, savings and loan
Rights Agreement between associations and credit unions
Graphic Packaging Inter- with membership in an approved
national Corporation (the signature guarantee medallion
"Company") and Norwest Bank program), pursuant to S.E.C.
Minnesota, N.A. (the "Rights Rule 17Ad-15.
Agent") dated as of May 31,
2000 (the "Rights Agreement"),
the terms of which are SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED BY:
incorporated herein by this
reference and a copy of which
is on file at the principal
offices of the Company.
Under certain circumstances,
as set forth in the Rights
Agreement, such Rights will
be evidenced by separate
certificates and will no
longer be evidenced by this
certificate. The Company
will mail to the holder of
this certificate a copy of
the Rights Agreement, as in
effect on the date of
mailing, without charge
promptly after receipt of a
written request therefor.
Under certain circumstances
set forth in the Rights
Agreement, Rights issued to
or held by any Person who
is, was or becomes an
Acquiring Person or any
Affiliate or Associate
thereof (as such terms are
defined in the Rights
Agreement), whether
currently held by or on
behalf of such Person or
by any subsequent holder,
may become null and void.
